Ngicabanga ukuthi uma ucabanga ngomgxeki we-TV, ubona ngeso lengqondo uhlobo oluthile olubilisiwe, oluqinile, ngisho nolungenanhliziyo. Kodwa bengilokhu ngiwumuntu ozwelayo, othambile, ngicela ushiye ukukhanya.
Ngakho i-Halloween iyiholide engiyibingelela ngemizwa exubile. Ngiyaphila ngokugqama kwayo – uswidi, amathanga, izingubo ezinhle zezingane ezincane, “Kuyi-Halloween” ngabakwaShaggs, konke lokho. Kodwa ungagcina izindlu zakho ezihlala abantu abaningi, i-“It,” imaski yakho yakamuva ethi “Scream”, intsha yakho edala izinkinga isebenzisa ikhava yeholide ukuze ithuse umakhelwane. Ngisho ne-“The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror” ngingayithola iphazamisa ngempela.
Ngakho-ke uzothola umhlahlandlela womuntu siqu olandelayo wokubuka i-Halloween – ezinye izinto eziqondene nosuku, ezinye ezithinta isizini, ezinye ezinabalingiswa be-paranormal, amafilimu ama-monster ahlekisayo – abe mfushane ngegazi nasemathunjini (uhlobo olugqokwa ngaphandle komzimba) futhi isikhathi eside kumahlaya namakhathuni. Kukhona okwesabisayo kwangempela okungaphezu kokwanele.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, i-Halloween iyithuba lami lokuthi ngiphinde ngikuqondise kumdlalo wamahlaya wewebhu ka-2014 “Ghost Ghirls,” njengamanje iphila impilo yayo engcono kakhulu yangemva kwempilo kuVimeo. Idalwe izihlabani u-Amanda Lund no-Maria Blasucci, ihlanganisa iziqephu eziyi-10 zemizuzu, okuthi ngomlingo othile zibe nengqikithi yeziqephu ze-sitcom ezigcwele ngokugcwele. Njengabazingeli abayizipoki abazihilelayo, abayizingane, abanokuncintisana, abahleba-abahlebayo, uLund noBlasucci bavakashela izindawo ezihlukahlukene (inkundla ye-baseball, ihhovisi lentela, isikole samabanga aphakathi, indawo yezifebe, isitudiyo sokuqopha) ukuze basize imimoya engqubuzanayo idlulele ekukhanyeni. ; abalingisi abahle bahlanganisa u-Jason Ritter, u-Jake Johnson, u-Natasha Leggero, u-Kumail Nanjiani, u-Colin Hanks, u-Larisa Oleynik, u-Paul F. Tompkins, u-Jason Schwartzman, u-Brett Gelman, u-Kate Micucci, u-Molly Shannon kanye, njengebhendi ye-’70s Southern-rock efile belwa kakhulu ukuqeda ingoma yabo yokugcina, uJack Black, uVal Kilmer noDave Grohl.
Ukusiza imimoya iqhubekele ekukhanyeni futhi bekuyindikimba yamahlaya ka-Tyler Labine ka-2014 “Deadbeat” (Tubi), enohlu olufanayo oluhlaba umxhwele lwezihlabani zezivakashi. U-Labine ubekade esebenza njalo “Umvuni” (sakaza ku-CWTV.com), lapho uBrett Harrison edlala khona umuntu oxegayo okwathi ngemva kokuba abazali bakhe bethengise umphefumulo wakhe kudeveli (uRay Wise), waqala ukusebenza njengohlobo lomzingeli ocebile, ebuyisela abaphunyukile belahlwe esihogweni. Kokubili lolu chungechunge luyahlekisa futhi luyathandeka futhi lukufanele ukunakwa.
Iqoshwe e-suburban New Jersey, “Izigigaba zikaPete noPete,” okokuqala ku-Nickelodeon, bekungewona nje kuphela umdlalo wezingane owenziwe kahle kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-1990s kodwa uchungechunge oluphikisana kahle ngokuba khona kwethelevishini. Futhi nokho kuzodingeka uye endle ye-YouTube ukuze uyithole. Esiqeshini samaholide “I-Halloween,” u-Pete omncane (Danny Tamberelli) uzimisele ukushaya irekhodi elineminyaka engu-31 ubudala lokukhohlisa noma lokuphatha izindlu ezingu-374 ngobusuku obubodwa be-Halloween, ehudula umfowabo omdala ozonda i-Halloween u-Big Pete (Michael C. Maronna), kuyilapho egwema ukucekelwa phansi kwempahla. Abadla Amathanga. Umakhelwane owusizo uNona (Michelle Trachtenberg, ozoqhubeka adlale udadewabo omncane u-Dawn Summers ku-“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) uyangena. (U-Iggy Pop, odlala uyise ngekhadikhadi nekhaki, uzoqhubeka enze kabusha Stooges.)
Inkanyezi ye-“School Spirits” i-Peyton List, isikhungo, njengo-Maddie, osemusha obulewe obambelele ekuphileni kwangemva kokufa ozama ukuthola umbulali wakhe.
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Ngokuqondene “Buffy” ngokwalo, ama-vamp namademoni kanye nokufa okudabukisayo ngezikhathi ezithile komlingiswa othandekayo eceleni, uchungechunge, olwaqala ngo-1997 futhi lwashintsha uhlobo lokuxoxa izindaba zentsha yethelevishini, enhliziyweni luyihlaya, isingathekiso esandisiwe sezinto ezesabekayo ezejwayelekile zasesikoleni esiphakeme. Ikhiqize iziqephu ezimbalwa ze-Halloween, eziqala ngeSizini yesi-2 ethandwa kakhulu “I-Halloween” (I-Hulu, i-Disney+, i-Tubi), ethola izakhamuzi zase-Sunnydale ezikhangayo ziba izinhlamvu ezigqokiswe njengabo. (Umbono osetshenziswe ngu “I-Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,” manje esisakaza ku-Paramount+, umbukiso omkhulu wezingane we-Nickelodeon wabo-’00s, wesiqephu sawo sesizini yesithathu se-Halloween.) Ifa lombukiso lingabonakala ngokuqondile ochungechungeni olufana nolwakamuva, oluhle kakhulu. “Imimoya Yesikole” (Paramount+), lapho osemusha owabulawa, evaleleke esikoleni sakhe esiphakeme phakathi kwezizukulwane ezimbalwa zabafundi abayizipoki, ezama ukuthola umbulali wakhe, kanye ne-Netflix’s. “Abaseshi Abafayo,” mayelana nezipoki zentsha ezisiza ezinye izibukeli ukuthi zixazulule ibhizinisi elingakaqedwa. (Bheka “Ghost Ghirls,” ngenhla.)
Ama-sitcom amaningi enethiwekhi afake isiqephu se-Halloween, kodwa awekho ngokufaneleka njenge-“The Addams Family.” Okusabisayo, okukoyoyo, okungaqondakali, okuthusayo, okusanhlamvu konke, bawumndeni ojabule ngendlela engenakuqhathaniswa, onomoya wokungenisa izihambi, owake wamukela abantu bomhlaba oqondile abafika kumuntu wabo oyingqayizivele. Esihlokweni esingenasidingo “I-Halloween Nomndeni wakwa-Addams” (Freevee, YouTube) kusukela ngo-1964, abaphangi basebhange ababalekayo, abadlalwa u-Don Rickles kanye no-Skip Homeier, bamenywa njengabantu abadala abakhohlisayo futhi benziwa ukuthi bagubhe ngezindlela abangaziqondi.
I-sitcom, engaphezu kwamakhathuni kaCharles Addams ayiphefumulele, ihlinzeka ngezakhiwo okwakhelwe phezu kwazo zonke imvuselelo nemicabango ye-Addams elandelayo, okuhlanganisa, vele, “NgoLwesithathu,” uchungechunge oluqhubekayo lweNetflix olwenze inkanyezi esheshayo kaJenna Ortega. Nakuba ngincoma ngokuphelele, inhliziyo yami ilele “Addams NgoLwesithathu Omdala,” Uchungechunge lwewebhu luka-Melissa Hunter oluhlakaniphile lwango-2015 olumayelana nendodakazi yakwa-Addams njengowesifazane osemusha oza emhlabeni wonke – ukuthola ohlala naye, ukufunda ukushayela, ukujola nge-inthanethi. Ungayithola ku-YouTube nakuwebhusayithi ka-Hunter.
Okuxakayo, isiqephu se-sitcom esangisabisa kakhulu ngiseyingane – futhi namanje senza, kukho konke lokho okuhlekisayo kakhulu – sivela “I-Dick Van Dyke Show.” Hhayi empeleni isiqephu se-Halloween, i-1963 “Kungase Kubukeke Njenge-Walnut” (isakaza ku-Peacock, Prime, Filmrise nakwezinye izinkundla ezimbalwa) iyi-riff on “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” ethola u-Rob Petrie ka-Van Dyke evaleleke esimeni senganekwane yesayensi lapho abafokazi abathanda i-walnut, beholwa nguDanny Thomas. -ngokufanayo, guqulela abantu uhlanga lwabo, beba izithupha zabo kanye nomuzwa wokuhlekisa. UMary Tyler Moore ophuma egunjini lokuhlala egunjini le-avalanche yamantongomane izinto zamaphupho amabi – futhi esinye sezikhathi zochungechunge ‘edlalwa kabusha kakhulu.
Uma kubhekwa izibikezelo zami, akumangazi ukuthi kunenqwaba yezithombe zopopayi kulolu hlu.
“YiPumpkin Enkulu, uCharlie Brown” (I-Apple TV+) iyisipesheli sesibili esikhulu kunazo zonke samaPeanuts, futhi okuwukuphela kwayo engingakubiza ngokuthi ibukwe. Ekuvuseleleni kwayo okuhle, okukhazimulayo kwezinsuku zasekwindla futhi, ikakhulukazi, ebusuku, amaphuzu ayo kaVince Guaraldi kanye nopopayi kaBill Melendez, kuthatha ubuciko bukaSchulz ndawana thize ngaphandle kokubukhaphela; mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, uCathy Steinberg ubuyile ku-“A Charlie Brown Christmas” njengezwi lika-Sally Brown, inkanyezi eyimfihlo yochungechunge. (Futhi ubucabanga ukuthi i-Snoopy.) Inkolelo eyingqayizivele ka-Linus ku-Great Pumpkin isusa ukushisa okuthile ku-Charlie Brown, nokho osalokhu eyisisulu sabangane bakhe, omakhelwane abangahleliwe kanye nendawo yonke. Kodwa lowo umoya “wamantongomane”, ojulile futhi okhathazayo kodwa ohlobene ngokungapheli.
“Indaba yokudlala yobuphekula” kusukela ngo-2013, eyakhiqizwa okokuqala ku-nexus yezinkampani ze-Disney, i-Pixar ne-ABC, inikeza i-meta ejabulisayo edlalwa ngama-horror tropes – ubusuku bemvula, i-motel eseceleni komgwaqo, abalingiswa abangenangqondo. Nge-hedgehog Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton) enikeza ukuphawula ngaso sonke isikhathi, “Memeza” ngaphandle kokubulala, kodwa hhayi ngaphandle kohlobo lwayo lokucindezeleka. Abalingisi besikrini esikhulu seqembu (uTom Hanks, uTim Allen, uJoan Cusack, uRickles, uWallace Shawn, uKristen Schaal) baxhaswe nguKate McKinnon, uKen Marino noCarl Weathers, noStephen Tobolowsky njengesidlakela (umabhalane wedeski, njengoNorman Bates. ). Njengebhonasi, futhi ngomoya ka-Jamie Lee Curtis, yi-cowgirl u-Jessie (Cusack) oholayo lapha.
Okusha kulo nyaka kukhethekile “I-SpongeBob SquarePants: I-Kreepaway Kamp” (Paramount+), lapho cishe yonke i-Bikini Bottom imenywa embuthanweni e-Kamp Koral, lapho umuntu omnyama ecashe khona futhi abakhempa bayanyamalala ngamunye – indawo edliwe ngamabhu ithuthukiswe ngendlela engenakulinganiswa izidalwa zasolwandle ezingopopayi (kanye ingwejeje). Kusuka ku-2019 kuza “I-Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween” (I-Netflix), ingxube emnandi yopopayi, i-puppetry nezithombe, lapho ama-prankers asesikoleni samabanga aphansi uGeorge no-Harold belwela ukunyakaza ukuze bakhansele iholide, ngosizo lweqhawe labo, inguqulo elutshelwe uthishanhloko kanye nezitha zabo.
Ukusakaza okukhethekile kwe-Halloween kwe-“SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp” ku-Paramount+.
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Ezinye izikhindi ze-Halloween zasendulo zingatholakala ku-Disney+ cishe noma iyiphi isizini, futhi kufanele uzinake ngenxa yokudonswa nokugqwayiza ngesandla – kuseyindlela engcono kakhulu yokwenza opopayi. Ku “Izipoki Zodwa” (yakhululwa okokuqala ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimuzi 1937, kuzo zonke izinsuku), uMickey, uGoofy kanye noDonald bayizipoki ezingasebenzi ezibizelwa endlini endala yizibukeli ezinesithukuthezi – abagqoke i-derby, ababhema ugwayi – ukuze bazijabulise nge-slapstick. Ku “Iqhinga noma into emnandi,” kusukela ngo-1952, uDonald wenza imigilingwane enjengeye abashana bakhe ngeziqhumane ezikhwameni zabo zikaswidi bese ethela amanzi emakhanda abo; onobungane uMthakathi u-Hazel, odlulayo, uyabasiza ukuba baziphindiselele. Hhayi ku-Disney+ kodwa kulula ukuyithola ku-inthanethi imfushane ka-1933 Mickey Mouse “Dokotela Mad,” lapho uPluto ethunjwa khona usosayensi ohlela ukubeka ikhanda lomdlwane emzimbeni wenkukhu. Ukukhanya okumnyama nokumhlophe kanye nemiphumela yethunzi mihle impela. Nakuba i-Disney isifana nobumnene obuthile, lezi zithombe zopopayi zinobudlova. (Nakuba, njengoba ngithanda ukusho, ubudlova bamakhathuni.)
Ngomnikazi wayo webhizinisi u-Warner Bros., uMax unomlando wegolide I-Looney Tunes opopayi baqoqwe “ngezinkathi” ezingavumelani nezikhathi, lapho ungathola khona okungenani ama-classics anetimu ye-monster. Iqondiswe nguFriz Freleng, “Hyde and Hare” (Isizini yama-20, Isiqephu sesi-2), kusukela ngo-1955, yehlisela Bugs Bunny esimweni se-Jekyll-and-Hyde esihlanganisa isingathekiso sokulutheka kanye nehlaya le-Liberace. Ku “Umvundla Okhulisa Izinwele” (Isizini 11, Isiqephu sesi-6), Izimbungulu ziyengelwa enqabeni yososayensi omubi – uphawu lwe-neon lubaneka “I-Evil Scientist,” ukuze wazi – njengesidlo sasemini sesilwane saso esifuywayo, i-hairball enkulu ewolintshi ezicathulweni zethenisi kamuva ezaziwa ngokuthi uGossamer. . Uthola ukuqhekeka kodonga lwesine okuhle kakhulu kanye nesiphetho esifanekisela “Abanye Bathanda Kuyashisa.” Futhi ku “Ikati Elisabekayo,” (Isizini 13, Isiqephu 16), kusukela ngo-1948, ebuye iqondiswe nguJones, Porky kanye noSylvester bathuthela endlini egcwele amagundane abulalayo. Ushaywe uvalo uSylvester, uPorky akanakile.
Kubo bonke abalingiswa bopopayi bakudala, ababehileleke kakhulu kumandla angaphezu kwawemvelo kanye ne-surreal kwakuyi-Fleischer Studios’ Shwi noMtekhalaukuzidela kwakhe kwe-jazz okunezipoki namademoni kungatholakala kalula ku-YouTube. “Iqhwa elimhlophe,” kusukela ngo-1933 (wavotela ikhathuni le-19 elikhulu kunawo wonke owake waba khona ocwaningweni lwango-1994 olwenziwa ngabathwebuli bezithombe abayinkulungwane), uhlanganisa amathambo, umthakathi omubi owaba udrako kanye nomngane kaBetty ongumdlwane, uBimbo, oguqulwe waba yisipoki, wagcotshwa phezu kweCab Calloway ecula “St. . James Infirmary Blues.” Ku “Iphathi ye-Halloween kaBetty Boop,” futhi kusukela ngo-1933, i-gorilla embi iphazamisa i-soiree kaBetty ejabule, ehanjelwe izinhlobonhlobo zezilwane zasehlathini nasehlathini, futhi “Red Hot Mama,” kusukela ngo-1934, uBetty uziphupha esesihogweni, lapho adansa khona namademoni namalangabi anthropomorphic. Lapho uSathane ezama ukuqabuleka, umnika ihlombe elibandayo (ngokwezwi nezwi, ngokomfanekiso).
Futhi ekugcineni, akukho uchungechunge lwe-TV noma ikhathuni, i-humorist UJean ShepherdNgo-Okthoba 31, 1972, esakaza uhlelo lwakhe lomsakazo lwasebusuku e-New York City, olugcinwe ku-YouTube. Yebo, uMalusi waziwa kakhulu ngeholide elihlukile, njengombhali nezwi elithi “Indaba KaKhisimusi,” kodwa ucwilisa amazinyo akhe e-Halloween, ngokukhumbula, ukufundwa nokuzindla ebumnyameni. Kuzo zonke izinto ezibalwe lapha, lokhu kungase kuphazamisa kakhulu, ngakho-ke lalela izibani zikhanyisiwe. Noma ungakwenzi – kodwa ungasho ukuthi angikuxwayisanga.
